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Biblical canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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What is the Canon of Scripture? ... Although the New Testament does not speak of a completed canon of Scripture, it does testify to writings already considered to be the Word of God. Peter recognized the writings of the Apostle Paul as Scripture. He cited Paul's letters, which some were twisting "as they do the rest of...
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Development of the Christian Biblical canon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Biblical canon is the set of books Christians regard as divinely inspired and thus constituting the Christian Bible. The Christian Biblical Canon consists of the canons of the Old and New Testamen...
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And yet Revelation made it into the canon and 1 Clement didn't. That's because the Church set the canon of Scripture, and she did so under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Just as God worked infallibly through men in writing the Bible, He worked infallibly through men in communicating exactly which books comprised it.
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In conclusion, it is necessary to emphasize that no church through its councils made the canon of Scripture. No church - in particular the Roman Catholic Church its decrees gave to or pronounced upon the books of the Bible their infallibility.
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; Lesson 3 - The Canon of Scripture by Pastor Bob Burridge ©1996, 2006 ... 1. What is the meaning of the word "canon?" ; 2. How do we know which books of Scripture are canon? 3. Why can there be no church council or group of scholars who are looked to for authenticating which books belong in our Bible.
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There was no canon of scripture in the early Church; there was no Bible. The Bible is the book of the Church; she is not the Church of the Bible. It was the Church--her leadership, faithful people--guided by the authority of the Spirit of Truth which discovered the books inspired by God in their writing.
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